President Julius Maada Bio said on Sunday that numerous attackers who broke into jails and targeted a vital military station in the capital Freetown had been apprehended by Sierra Leonean security forces.
On 26th November, a tanker with phosphoric acid was taken over by armed persons who remain unidentified in the Gulf of Aden.
As informed, since a bloody conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas began on October 7, there have been several strikes in Middle Eastern waterways, the most recent of which included the chemical tanker Central Park.
Two actual incidents of armed robbery against ships (one CAT 3 and one CAT 4) in Asia between 21st – 27th November 2023.
The two incidents occurred onboard the same petroleum/chemical tanker while berthed at Belawan Wharf, Indonesia on 20 Nov 2023; and anchored at Dumai Anchorage, Indonesia on 23 Nov 2023.
According to International news, container ship CMA CGM Symi, attacked by an Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean early on 24th November. The ship suffered some damage, but the crew were all reported safe.